A$AP ROCKY + THE A$AP MOB: HARLEM STATE OF MIND

A$AP Rocky and his crew give Dazed Digital a guided tour of their Harlem hotspots in this exclusive Tim Noakes film TEXT BY TIM NOAKES

“For the latest Dazed cover story, I went to NYC to meet hip hop’s golden boy, A$AP Rocky and his A$AP Mob to get the low down on his overnight success and to take a tour of the crew’s favourite local spots.

After a shopping spree in Soho, the fashion fanatics braved sub zero temperatures for a photo shoot on Harlem’s legendary Rucker Park basketball court with Ari Marcopoulos before heading home to 116th Street for a soul food banquet at Amy Ruth’s. They even squeezed in an impromptu house call on one of their grannies who hadn’t seen Rocky since his videos “Peso” and “Purple Swag” blew up and landed the 24-year-old rapper with a $3 million record deal. The next day I met them and a very large Rottweiler called Brody at a crumbling mansion in New Jersey as they filmed the final scene of Rocky’s “Wassup” video. It was a wild 24 hours…”

(via Dazed Digital | A$AP Rocky The A$AP Mob: Harlem State of Mind)

31.01.2012 — 14:18 — 1 note — Permalink

Zero 1 Magazine - Portrait on Jason Fulford Text by Jennilee Marigomen - Fulford’s pictures appear to be unremarkable shots of commonplace objects, people, and places. Yet a closer look reveals humorous and subtle oddities. Fulford’s images reveal themselves through repetition, sequences, and relationships between form and shadow, abstraction and reality. His work is now on view in “New Pictures 5″ in Gallery 262. Fulford is a photographer and co-founder of the publishing house J&L Books in Atlanta / New York, and the author of several titles. He has lectured widely, and is a contributing editor to Blind Spot magazine. Fulford’s photographs have been featured in magazines and books. (via New Pictures 5: Jason Fulford | 01 Magazine)

Zero 1 Magazine - Portrait on Jason Fulford

Text by Jennilee Marigomen -

Fulford’s pictures appear to be unremarkable shots of commonplace objects, people, and places. Yet a closer look reveals humorous and subtle oddities. Fulford’s images reveal themselves through repetition, sequences, and relationships between form and shadow, abstraction and reality. His work is now on view in “New Pictures 5″ in Gallery 262. Fulford is a photographer and co-founder of the publishing house J&L Books in Atlanta / New York, and the author of several titles. He has lectured widely, and is a contributing editor to Blind Spot magazine. Fulford’s photographs have been featured in magazines and books. (via New Pictures 5: Jason Fulford | 01 Magazine)

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The Sartorialist - Lunch for 25 in Florence

If you happen to find a lunch invitation in your mailbox, that is signed by Scott Schumann, you should probably take the chance and go:

With a lunch for 25 international tastemakers in Florence (Italy) the man behind the infamous Sartorialist shares his vision on what can be described as his core direction: creating tasteful atmosphere through well dressed personalities. The creation of a beautiful image.

To be seen in the pictures: Singer and artist Kanye West, Simone Righi, Mr. Kurino and many more.

A very nice film.

31.01.2012 — 10:26 — 13 notes — Permalink

‘Freunde zum Vorzeigen’ - FvF im Tagesspiegel vom 29.01.2012 Einen Artikel, den wir hier gerne “vorzeigen” und vorstellen, konnte man im letzten Sonntagsteil des Tagesspiegels finden. Neben der allgemeinen Vorstellung des Projektes findet man O-Töne von Karena Schüssler und Christian Boros. In diesem Zusammenhang einen großen Dank an Franziska Kluen und den Tagesspiegel. Weitere Informationen gibt es hier.

‘Freunde zum Vorzeigen’ - FvF im Tagesspiegel vom 29.01.2012

Einen Artikel, den wir hier gerne “vorzeigen” und vorstellen, konnte man im letzten Sonntagsteil des Tagesspiegels finden. Neben der allgemeinen Vorstellung des Projektes findet man O-Töne von Karena Schüssler und Christian Boros.

In diesem Zusammenhang einen großen Dank an Franziska Kluen und den Tagesspiegel. Weitere Informationen gibt es hier.

31.01.2012 — 10:13 — 5 notes — Permalink

Yatzer: A View Into The World Of An Collector Check out this eclectic collection of Greek design collector Alketas Pazis. Maybe we should visit some homes in Greece, soon… (via A View Into The World Of An Avant-Garde Collector | Yatzer)

Yatzer: A View Into The World Of An Collector

Check out this eclectic collection of Greek design collector Alketas Pazis. Maybe we should visit some homes in Greece, soon…

(via A View Into The World Of An Avant-Garde Collector | Yatzer)

30.01.2012 — 18:36 — 8 notes — Permalink

Made Better in Japan “My boss won’t let me make espressos,” says the barista. “I need a year more, maybe two, before he’s ready to let customers drink my shots undiluted by milk. And I’ll need another whole year of practice after that if I want to be able to froth milk for cappuccinos.” Being passionate about what you do is just inspiring. Great article by the Wall Street Journal! (via Made Better in Japan - WSJ.com)

Made Better in Japan

“My boss won’t let me make espressos,” says the barista. “I need a year more, maybe two, before he’s ready to let customers drink my shots undiluted by milk. And I’ll need another whole year of practice after that if I want to be able to froth milk for cappuccinos.”

Being passionate about what you do is just inspiring. Great article by the Wall Street Journal!

(via Made Better in Japan - WSJ.com)

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FvF Istanbul: Meet artist Melih Özuyal We are very happy to present our first episode from the great city of Istanbul today! As one of the emerging cities of the cultural map, we met with longtime resident Melih Özuyal to talk about his life as an artist, the past and future of the city and what fascinates him about the concept of the Jinn (demon). Thank you, Antonia Märzhäuser and Ege Okal for this great piece! Read the entire interview in english and turkish.

FvF Istanbul: Meet artist Melih Özuyal

We are very happy to present our first episode from the great city of Istanbul today! As one of the emerging cities of the cultural map, we met with longtime resident Melih Özuyal to talk about his life as an artist, the past and future of the city and what fascinates him about the concept of the Jinn (demon).

Thank you, Antonia Märzhäuser and Ege Okal for this great piece!

Read the entire interview in english and turkish.

30.01.2012 — 10:23 — 7 notes — Permalink

INTERVIEW MIT BAZON BROCK LÖSUNG IST DER FALSCHE ANSATZ - “Probleme können nur durch das Erzeugen neuer Probleme gelöst werden”. Berlin-Kreuzberg ist um eine Institution reicher: In der „Denkerei“ versammelt Bazon Brock eine Gruppe von Wissenschaftler, Literaten und Künstler zur Arbeit an unlösbaren Problemen. Was genau es mit der neuen Einrichtung auf sich hat, klärt er artnet im Gespräch. (via artnet)

INTERVIEW MIT BAZON BROCK

LÖSUNG IST DER FALSCHE ANSATZ - “Probleme können nur durch das Erzeugen neuer Probleme gelöst werden”.

Berlin-Kreuzberg ist um eine Institution reicher: In der „Denkerei“ versammelt Bazon Brock eine Gruppe von Wissenschaftler, Literaten und Künstler zur Arbeit an unlösbaren Problemen. Was genau es mit der neuen Einrichtung auf sich hat, klärt er artnet im Gespräch.

(via artnet)

30.01.2012 — 08:27 — 1 note — Permalink

FvF Istanbul, Amsterdam and Vienna Coming up starting next week: FvF Istanbul, Amsterdam and Vienna. We are very happy that the project we started in 2009 literally went beyond our local borders and enabled us to meet many interesting and inspiring people. Read all info of the next upcoming cities in our latest newspost here: Coming up: FvF Istanbul, Amsterdam and Vienna — Freunde von Freunden)

FvF Istanbul, Amsterdam and Vienna

Coming up starting next week: FvF Istanbul, Amsterdam and Vienna.
We are very happy that the project we started in 2009 literally went beyond our local borders and enabled us to meet many interesting and inspiring people.

Read all info of the next upcoming cities in our latest newspost here: Coming up: FvF Istanbul, Amsterdam and Vienna — Freunde von Freunden)

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goes w/ the pic next door. recent interview for FvF IO Wright. coming soon

28.01.2012 — 20:16 — 1 note — Permalink